Recent advances in photodegradation of antibiotic residues in water

X Yang, Z Chen, W Zhao, C Liu, X Qian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are widely present in the environment due to their extensive and long-term use in
modern medicine. The presence and dispersal of these compounds in the environment lead …

Strategies of tuning catalysts for efficient photodegradation of antibiotics in water environments: a review

S Wu, Y Lin, YH Hu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics is a very promising technique to solve the
pollution issues of antibiotics in water. Furthermore, catalysts play a critical role in the …

Facile synthesis of Z-scheme composite of TiO2 nanorod/g-C3N4 nanosheet efficient for photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin

K Hu, R Li, C Ye, A Wang, W Wei, D Hu, R Qiu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Developing efficient and robust photocatalyst is crucial for antibiotic degradation in water
treatment. In this study, the Z-scheme nanocomposite of 1D/2D TiO 2 nanorod/gC 3 N 4 …

ZnO-CdO nanocomposites incorporated with graphene oxide nanosheets for efficient photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A, thymol blue and ciprofloxacin

S Kumar, RD Kaushik, LP Purohit - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The widespread existence of different organic contaminants mostly phenolic compounds,
organic dyes and antibiotics in water bodies initiated by the various industrial wastes that …

0D/2D Z-Scheme Heterojunctions of Bismuth Tantalate Quantum Dots/Ultrathin gC3N4 Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of …

K Wang, G Zhang, J Li, Y Li, X Wu - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Constructing 0D/2D Z-scheme photocatalysts is a great promising path to improve
photocatalytic activity by efficiently enhancing charge separation. Herein, we fabricated a …

Visible active reduced graphene oxide-BiVO4-ZnO ternary photocatalyst for efficient removal of ciprofloxacin

A Raja, P Rajasekaran, K Selvakumar… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A highly effective rGO-BiVO 4-ZnO photocatalyst was synthesized by hydrothermal method
and characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, HR-TEM, XPS, Photoluminescence, FT-Raman, FT-IR …

The BiOCl/diatomite composites for rapid photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin: Efficiency, toxicity evaluation, mechanisms and pathways

Z Jia, T Li, Z Zheng, J Zhang, J Liu, R Li, Y Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The activity and separation performance of nano-structure photocatalyst have always been
the focus in the field of environmental pollutant removal. In this work, BiOCl/diatomite …

Photogeneration of reactive oxygen species from biochar suspension for diethyl phthalate degradation

G Fang, C Liu, Y Wang, DD Dionysiou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the photogeneration of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from biochar
suspension was investigated. The characterizations of biochar particles before and after …

Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics in water over functionalized N, S-doped carbon quantum dots embedded ZnO nanoflowers under sunlight …

Y Qu, X Xu, R Huang, W Qi, R Su, Z He - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
ZnO is widely used as a photocatalyst in industry, however, it is still a challenge to degrade
refractory antibiotics in water. In this study, a novel surface-functionalized N, S-doped carbon …

Hybrid materials for heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics

MJF Calvete, G Piccirillo, CS Vinagreiro… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ever-growing number of multi-resistant bacteria caused by the proliferation of antibiotics
in the environment led to an increased interest in finding more sustainable processes for …